''Wolterstorffina'', also known as Wolterstorff toads, is a genus of "
true toads
A true toad is any member of the family Bufonidae, in the order Anura (frogs and toads). This is the only family of anurans in which all members are known as toads, although some may be called frogs (such as harlequin frogs). The bufonids now ...
" (family Bufonidae)
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
and Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...
.[ Its ]sister taxon
In phylogenetics, a sister group or sister taxon, also called an adelphotaxon, comprises the closest relative(s) of another given unit in an evolutionary tree.
Definition
The expression is most easily illustrated by a cladogram:
Taxon A and t ...
is either genus '' Werneria'' or the clade ''Werneria''+'' Nectophryne''.[ The name of the genus honours German geologist and herpetologist ]Willy Wolterstorff
Willy Georg Wolterstorff (16 June 1864 in Calbe – 21 January 1943 in Magdeburg) was a German paleontologist and herpetologist.
As a child he lost his hearing due to disease, thus finding it necessary to lip-reading, lip-read from an early ag ...
.
Species
The three species are:
References
External links
* taxo
''Wolterstorffina''
at http://www.eol.org.
* Taxo
''Wolterstorffina''
at http://data.gbif.org/welcome.htm
Amphibian genera
Amphibians of Sub-Saharan Africa
Taxa named by Robert Mertens
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